neilg345

Its a zombie film not high art so i'm amazed at the bad reviews RE has gained. Lets see hot women with guns-check, flesh eating zombies-check and generally s*** gettin blown up, what more do you want from a zombie film? Also as a fan of the game its great to see how much effort went into the production design recreating scenes from the games . Sure the film could be better in places but most of what takes place is there to set up the sequel. I can't wait to see if the rumoured unrated edition will come out on DVD so we can see all the extra gore that was cut from the cinema release. And the ending is right up there with some of all time classic horror finales.

Right from the great opening spoof of boy bands this is another under rated gem. All my friends laughed when i said i wanted to see this film but then after seeing it they had to agree with me. This film is so subversive its unbelievable never have i seen such blatant product placement in a film. Sure you know from the beginning how the films going to end but the films so entertaining you don't care. Standout performances belong to Alan Cumming as the evil record exec and Rachel Leigh Cook as Josie. Although this film does have some trouble with originality in places as sometimes whole scenes are lifted from the classic 'Waynes World' in particular the contract signing scene.

The songs are annoyingly catchy and there is much veiled adult humour especially with Tara Reid in the opening sequence, plus we get to see Rachel Leigh Cook play a bitchy character really well even if it is only for a short while. Watch out for the excellent Du Jour scenes at the beginning of the film and the great lines exchanged between Seth Green and Breckin Meyer. So go see it for a film that appears to be dumb but is actually much more subversive than you would think

I feel this film has taken somewhat of a bad rap, lets face it Director Joe Berlinger was fighting a losing battle from the start here. Put another bunch of kids in the woods and he would be slammed for being unoriginal and so he made a more cerebal horror film that was slammed for not being as closely associated with the first film. I think the main reason this film wasn't successful was that because of Berlingers whole what is reality angle when the twists come the audience and critics laughed them off as stupid. I'll admit the acting isn't the best (especially from the male actors) but just by fighting against the expectations that people were going to have of a blair witch sequel i enjoyed the film. Just listen to the DVD commentary by Berlinger to hear about all the studio interference he had to deal with and see how great this film could have been, Without ruining the ending i walked out with a smile on my face when i heard the exact same comments at the end of BW2 that i heard at the end of 1 'what thats it?' or 'thats a load of crap'. Although BW2 is entirely different from the first film its ending holds true to the spirit of the original as the people that got the film left having enjoyed the original should feel the same about BW2. Destined to become a future cult classic